How to calculate tiles for Non Architect or Engineer

Tips and Formula to Find the No’s of Tiles
Formula for Quantity of Tiles
Formula to find the volume of Mortar
Formula:

1: First Select the Size of  Tiles, Because we have different size of tiles in market for different works.

    This sample below are the most typical sizes of tiles available on market.

Example: 10cm x 10cm

                 20cm x 20cm

                 30cm x 30cm

                 45cm x 45cm

                 50cm x 50cm

                 60cm x 60cm

2: Find the Dimension of room or any place where you want to fix the tiles.

Example: size of room is 10meters x 10meters (Length x Width)

To compute area just simply multiply the Length and width.

                                      10 x 10 = 100 square meters (m2)

No’s of Tiles = Total Area of Room / Size of tile = No’s of tiles

Example: Area of room = 10m x 10 m = 100m2 (Square Meters)

              If you are going to use 50cm x 50cm tiles

                 Area of tiles    = 0.50m x 0.50m = 0.25m2 (Square Meters)

                So, Just devide the Room Area/Tile Area

                                            100/0.25 = 400 pcs. of 50cm x 50cm tiles

Also we have to find the quantity of mortar for Fixing of Tiles , so there we just use 3/4 inch to 1 inch thickness of mortar to fix the tiles on the floor.

First area of room where we fixing the tiles    and  Second select the thickness of mortar for tiles fixing which is 1 inch = 0.025m

Volume of Mortar = Area of Room x Thickness of mortar

Example: 100m2 x 0.4350 = 43.5 say 44 bags of cement

                 100m2 x 0.0233 = 2.33 say 3 Cubic meters Sand

for using adhesives to fix tiles

use the guide below for requirements for tile adhesive

Product                                            coverage
Adhesive                                          Floors: +/- 3 M2 PER 20KG BAG
                                                          WALLS:   +/- 6 M2 PER 20KG BAG